The handshake of the host affects the taste of the roast
Eat not to dullness, drink not to elevation.
It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.
I have never seen the Philosopher's Stone that turns lead into Gold, but I have known the pursuit of it turn a Man's Gold into Lead.
The one who fails to prepare is preparing to fail.
When a religion is good, I conceive it will support itself; and when it does not support itself, and God does not take care to support it so that its professors are obliged to call for help of the civil power, 'tis a sign, I apprehend, of its being a bad one.